Lisella Resigns From Barnegat Committee To Take Job As Township Administrator

Former Deputy Mayor Martin J. Lisella has a new title - Barnegat business administrator, according to app.com.

Lisella resigned his Township Committee position on Monday. He will take over the duties of Business Administrator David Breeden, who has been out on sick leave since late May.

“It may seem as though we’re taking one of our own and giving them a job, and that’s exactly what we are doing,” said Committeeman John J. Novak. “When we looked at what we need immediately in a township administrator ... there needs to be somebody that has intimate knowledge of the playing field.”

Lisella, who was elected to the committee in 2008 and works for Barnegat-based real estate and insurance firm The Van Dyke Group, will be paid $120,000 a year. The three Republican Township Committee members approved Lisella’s appointment.

Democratic Township Committeewoman Elaine Taylor was absent.

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